"Stewart's is no foodie emporium"
This reads like parody: In which a writer for the New York Times Magazine stops at a Stewart's off the Northway and eats a bag of Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles -- "The sensory experience of the Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles so diverged from my mental narrative about what I was eating -- what was I eating? -- that it short-circuited my discursive thinking and emptied my mind. " Dude. [NYT]
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"Stewart's is no foodie emporium"
Paging Mr. Dave...
... said Rob on Aug 18, 2016 at 7:00 AM | link
Uh-oh, Mr. Dave is gonna be pissed! The author even besmirches one of his most beloved, "... between a basket of shrink-wrapped peanut-butter-and-butter-on-a-hard-roll sandwiches and a crockpot labeled Chicken Wing Soup". Them's fightin' words!
... said -R. on Aug 18, 2016 at 9:48 AM | link
That was a nice co-op ad for Stewarts and Frito Lay.
... said Cyril on Aug 18, 2016 at 10:07 AM | link
I love Stewart's and it's cheerful obliviousness about irony of any kind. They started offering Pumpkin Spice coffee last fall and I'm sure they thought that move was a touch too trendy for them (years after the peak). Sigh. Gotta love 'em.
... said Rebecca on Aug 18, 2016 at 2:37 PM | link
If you knew of the ways of the Wawa, you would be begging for them the way you beg for Wegman's. Think of a Stewart's that is clean and has convenience store food that is not only safe and edible, but good.
... said Carl on Aug 18, 2016 at 6:55 PM | link
After reading this I immediately purchased and consumed a bag of sour cream and cheddar ruffles for probably the first time in 15 years. It was amazing and I have no regrets, but I can wait another 15 years, I think.
... said acw on Aug 19, 2016 at 2:06 PM | link